France Should Commit to an International Treaty on Autonomous Weapons
By Tony Fortin, Research Officer, Observatoire des armements; Bénédicte Jeannerod, France Director, Human Rights Watch; Manuel Patrouillard, Executive Director, Handicap International; Jean-Claude Samouiller, President, Amnesty International France; Members of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots. An overwhelming majority of countries , including France, voted on December 22 in favor of the first United Nations General Assembly resolution on autonomous weapons. The resolution acknowledges the